Pencil or pen holder for slates or drawing-boards



(No Model.)

. P E HANNUM PENCIL 0R PEN HOLDER FOR SLATES on DRAWING BOARDS.

5-34 1 5() Patented Feb. 12, 1895.

ATTORNEYS.

THE Norms Pzrgns COU'FHUTO-LITHOY, WASHINGTON o c p UNITED STATES PATENTQFFICE.

PHILIP EDWARD HANNUM, or OARTERVILLE, ivnssouai.

. PENCIL OR PEN [HOLDER FOR SLATES OR DRAWING-BOARDS,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,150, dated February12, 1895. Application filed July 31,1594. Serial No. 519,059. (Nomodel.)

In all whom/ it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP EDWARD HAN- NUM, of Oarterville, infthecounty of Jasper and State of Missouri, have invented a new and usefulImprovedPencil or Pen Holder for Slates or Drawing-Boardsof which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description."

My invention relates to an improved device for attachment to a slateframe, drawing board, or back of a writingtablet, whichserves as aholder for pen holders, slate pencils, lead. pencils, erasers', a rule,knife and other small-articles that are necessary acco mpaniments of aschool slate or drawing board. The object of my'invention is to provideaneat, shapely and readily attachable device of the character indicated,which when attached to the frame of a slate, or the edge of a drawingboard, will afford a convenient re-' ceptacle for the compact stowage,and easy, quick removal as needed, of small instruments or articles thatare adjuncts of common use,

for the purposes of writing with ink or pen-' oils or for drawing,inschools orother places.

To this end, my invention consists in the construction and combinationsof parts, as is hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding'parts in all the views shown.

' Figure 1 is a perspective view of the iin provements attached to anend portion of a slate frame, the latter being shown broken; Fig. 2 isan enlarged sectional side viewof the slate frame in part, and of theimproved holder appliance secured on the end strip of the frame, thesection being taken on the line 2-2, in Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 isatransverse sectional-view on the line 3-3 in Fig.2.

The major portion of the novel holder ap-, pliance consists ofarectangularcase 10, that is preferablyformed of sheet metal, but may beconstructed of any other available material. 1

The case is afforded sufficient length to adapt it to contain slatepencils, lead pencils, apen holder, pens, a small ruler, and if needed asmall knife and erasive gum, the latter be- 5o ing held in a smallcompartment of the case,

produced at onepf its ends by the introduc; tion therein of a transversepartition wall 11,

shown in Fig. 2. The topwall or coverot' the case 10 is divided intothree portions, the

longest of which is secured permanently-on the side walls of the case,at about an equal distance from its ends, and for convenience inmanufacturing the device, an end portion of said main cover piece 12, isbent at a right angle and inserted within the case, to form thepartition wall 11, before mentioned.

The shorter cover pieces13, 1t, are alike in constru'ction,each'con'sistingsof a sheet metal piece that is rectangular before it isbent into form, and has its parallelside edges turned in the samedirection at right anglesto the intermediate portion, thus producing twoparallel border flanges on each cover piece, as shown at 13*, it inFigs. 1 and 3. There is a sufficient length afforded each cover piecev13, 14, to permit these parts to have an end flange 13 l t", turned inthe. same direc 'tion as the side flanges, and when impinged on thelatteigat the ends of the same, produce end" walls for the cover piecesthat will seal the open ends of the case 10, when the parts 13, let areadjusted to close the case 10, as represented in Fig. 2, the borderflanges of said cover pieces then loosely embracing the side walls ofthe case so as to hold them aligned with the intermediate portion 12.

The preferred means for attaching the case 10 to the edge of a slateframe, or border of.

asmall drawing boa rd, comprises two paral-, lel clamping plates 15,that are bent from a single piece of sheet metal and spaced apart,

so that when the flat intermediate web.portion which is integral withthe clamping portions is secured on the bottomwa'll of the case, theclamping flanges or plates 15, will lie about in the same planes withthe side walls of the case, as shown in Fig. 3.

The clamping flanges 15 areoppositely-perforated to permit an insertionof small securing screws or rivets 16, which may, pass through theframe, as represented in Fig. 3. The securing screws or rivets havetheir enlarged ends embedded in thecupped washers 17, the latter beingmade of gum, or other slightly yielding material that will act as abutter and sound preventer, these elastic cushion-like washers beingclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The cover pieces 13,14, are each preferably secured in position on thecase 10, by a piece of cord that is elastic, asintlicated at 18, inFigs. 1 and 2; and these pieces of cord being passed through oppositeperforations of the cover pieces and bottom of the case 10, near thecenters of the parts'13,1-i, have knots formed on their ends whichproject exteriorly of the case and cover pieces, the elastic strandsbeing stretched suiticiently while forming the knots on their ends, toadapt said cords by their contraction to retain the pieces 13, 14, inclosed adjustment on the open end portions of the case. When eithercover piece is to be moved to permit access to the articles within thecase, said cover piece is gripped by the fingers and thumb of theoperator and lifted so as to slightly stretch the taut cord 18, whichwill allow the elevated cover piece to be turned at a right angle to itsposition when adjusted to close the case, which will dispose the liftedpiece across the case and open the end ofthe case for the readyremovalof articles within it. The closure of either or both ends of thecase which have been uncovered as stated, can he effected by aligningthe loose cover pieces with the fixed piece 12. Wire springs may besubstituted for the cords 18.

If desired, the fixed top wall 12, may have near its longitudinalcenter, each by a wire 40 strand or other flexible connection, so thatthere will be all the necessary conveniences for writing or obliterationof such marks, connected with the slate, and a pen wiper for use in casethe device isapplied to a writing tablet.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A pencil case comprising a hollow body having oneend open andaportion of its top wall adjacent to said end also open, acoverpiece of a length adapted to close the opening in the top wall ofthe body and having an end flange adapted to close the open end of thebody and sideflangesadapted to embrace the sides of the body on eachsideof the opening inthe top wall thereofland an elastic cord connectedatone endtothe under side of thecover-piece andatits other end tothebody, and adapted to hold said cover-piece normally inplace,substantiallyas set forth.

2. The combination, with an elongated sheet metal caseopen ateachend,having a transverse partition near one of said ends, and alsoprovided with a cover piece shorter than the case and secured theretointermediate of its ends, of two loose cover pieces eachflanged toembrace the sides and close the endsof the case, and elastic cords thatclamp the loose cover pieces on the ends of the case and permit saidcover pieces to be transversely adjusted onthe top edges of the casenear itsends, substantially as described.

, PHILIP EDWARD IIANNUM.

\Vitnesses:

JOSEPH FOUNTAIN, C. II. LILLIBRIDGE.

